Páscoa
A Páscoa é a celebração suprema da redenção. Do cordeiro pascal no Egito ao Cordeiro de Deus que tira o pecado do mundo, ela aponta para o sacrifício e a vitória de Cristo.
A caminhada para a cruz
Jesus entrou em Jerusalém como Rei humilde, e a multidão o aclamou. Ele sabia do sofrimento que viria, mas caminhou em obediência até o fim.
9 And the people that went before and that followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed [is] he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, cause [us] now to prosper.26 Blessed [be] he that comes in the name of the LORD; from the house of the LORD we bless you.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; [shout with] joy, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King shall come unto thee: just, and a saviour; humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the princes of the priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death19 and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify; and the third day he shall rise again.
A paixão de Cristo
Jesus foi zombado, açoitado e crucificado. Ele orou no Getsêmani e entregou sua vida voluntariamente, dizendo: 'Está consumado!'
28 And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe.29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put [it] upon his head and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him and mocked him, saying, Receive joy, King of the Jews!
37 and set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things [are] possible unto thee; take away this cup from me; nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
46 Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice and said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit; and having said thus, he gave up the spirit.
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished, and he bowed his head and gave the Spirit.
A ressurreição gloriosa
Ele não está aqui — ressuscitou! O túmulo vazio é a prova de que a morte foi derrotada e Cristo vive para sempre.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus, who was crucified.6 He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
6 But he said unto them, Do not be frightened; Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified; he is risen; he is not here; behold the place where they laid him.
6 He is not here, but is risen; remember how he spoke unto you when he was yet in Galilee,7 saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
8 Then that other disciple, who came first to the sepulchre, went in also and he saw and believed.9 For as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.